Richard Taffler

University of Warwick - Finance Group

Professor of Finance and Accounting

Gibbet Hill Rd

Coventry, CV4 7AL

Great Britain

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1.

Skewness Sentiment and Market Anomalies

Management Science, Forthcoming.
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 06 May 2018 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2023
Alok Kumar, Mehrshad Motahari and Richard Taffler
University of Miami - Miami Herbert Business School, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) and University of Warwick - Finance Group
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Market anomalies, skewness preference, mispricing, idiosyncratic skewness, investor sentiment.

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Fund Management: An Emotional Finance Perspective

CFA Institute Research Foundation, ISBN 978-1-934667-49-1, WBS Finance Group Research Paper No. 232
Number of pages: 117 Posted: 09 Jun 2015
David Tuckett and Richard Taffler
University College London - Centre for the Study of Decision-Making Uncertainty and University of Warwick - Finance Group
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Emotional finance, behavioral finance

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Why the Going-Concern Anomaly: Gambling in the Market?

WBS Finance Group Research Paper No. 200
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 13 Apr 2013
Asad Kausar, Alok Kumar and Richard Taffler
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Miami - Miami Herbert Business School and University of Warwick - Finance Group
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Audit report, market underreaction, retail investors, lottery-type stocks, gambling

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Anxiety, Excitement, and Asset Prices

University of Miami Business School Research Paper No. 3902654
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 16 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2023
Shehub Bin Hasan, Alok Kumar and Richard Taffler
ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Miami - Miami Herbert Business School and University of Warwick - Finance Group
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Investor emotions, market emotion index, emotion beta, asset mispricing, return predictability

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Investor Emotions and Speculative Bubbles

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Jan 2021
Richard Taffler, Xijuan Angel Bellotti, Vineet Agarwal and Linglu Li
University of Warwick - Finance Group, Middlesex University, Cranfield University - School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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investor psychology, emotional finance, phantastic objects, financial media, textual analysis

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Hedge Funds and Unconscious Fantasy

WBS Finance Group Research Paper No. 133
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2019
Arman Eshraghi and Richard Taffler
Cardiff Business School and University of Warwick - Finance Group
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alternative investments, investor psychology, media portrayal, phantastic objects, psychoanalysis

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Bankruptcy Sells Stocks… But Who's Buying (and Why)?

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 24 Apr 2014
Luis Coelho, Kose John, Alok Kumar and Richard Taffler
University of Algarve, New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance, University of Miami - Miami Herbert Business School and University of Warwick - Finance Group
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Post-Chapter 11 trading, gambling, lottery-like stocks, retail investors, limits to arbitrage, market under-reaction

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Do Analysts Know But Not Tell? The Case of Going-Concern Opinions

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 05 Oct 2014
Ruben Peixinho and Richard Taffler
University of Algarve and University of Warwick - Finance Group
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analyst behavior, bad news announcements, stock recommendation bias, coverage cessation

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Research Foundation Year in Review -- 2012

CFA Institute Research Foundation R2013
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 11 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2016
Antti Ilmanen, Richard Taffler, David Tuckett, Zvi Bodie, Laurence B. Siegel, Lisa Stanton, Momtchil Pojarliev, Richard M. Levich, Stephen Wilcox, David Adler, Thomas Oberlechner, Richard Sandor, Elroy Dimson, Jeffery Bailey, Bud Haslett and David Chambers
AQR Capital Management, University of Warwick - Finance Group, University College London - Centre for the Study of Decision-Making Uncertainty, Boston University, CFA Institute Research Foundation, CFA Institute, Fischer Francis Trees & Watts, Inc., New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance, Minnesota State University, Mankato, CFA Institute, Webster University, Environmental Financial Products, LLC, University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, Target Corporation, CFA Institute Research Foundation and University of Cambridge - Judge Business School
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Expected Returns, emotional finance, currency investing, life-cycle investing, inflation, liquidity, financial frictions, ethics, derivatives, equity risk premium

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Research Foundation Year in Review -- 2013

CFA Institute Research Foundation R2014
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 11 Jun 2015
CFA Institute Research Foundation Submitter, Moshe A. Milevsky, Roger G Clarke, Harindra de Silva, Steven Thorley, Scott Stewart, Marianne M. Jennings, Ronald Ryan, Richard Taffler, David Tuckett, Nathan Erickson, Bud Haslett, Laurence B. Siegel, Pranay Gupta, Ronald Kahn, Richard C. Grinold and Jeffery Bailey
CFA Institute Research Foundation, York University - Schulich School of Business, Analytic Investors, Inc., Analytic Investors, Inc., BYU Marriott School of Business, Boston University - Questrom School of Business, Arizona State University, Ryan ALM, Inc., University of Warwick - Finance Group, University College London - Centre for the Study of Decision-Making Uncertainty, Independent, CFA Institute Research Foundation, CFA Institute Research Foundation, Allocationmetrics Limited, BlackRock, Barclays and Target Corporation
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life annuities, futures, options, manager selection, ethics, ALM, asset/liability management, tail risk

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Accounting for Financial Distress

University of Miami Business School Research Paper No. 4318845
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 09 Jan 2023
Asad Kausar, Alok Kumar and Richard Taffler
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Miami - Miami Herbert Business School and University of Warwick - Finance Group
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financial distress, gambling, lottery-type stocks, retail investors, market under-reaction, going concern audit report.

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Fund Manager Skill: Selling Matters More!

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2022, forthcoming.
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Apr 2022
Onur Kemal Tosun, Liang Jin, Richard Taffler and Arman Eshraghi
Cardiff Business School - Accounting and Finance Section, Lancaster University Management School, University of Warwick - Finance Group and Cardiff Business School
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Mutual Funds, Timing Ability, Trade Motivation, Investment Performance, Attention

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Fund Manager Conviction and Investment Performance

International Review of Financial Analysis, Vol. 71, 2020
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Apr 2022
Liang Jin, Richard Taffler, Arman Eshraghi and Onur Kemal Tosun
Lancaster University Management School, University of Warwick - Finance Group, Cardiff Business School and Cardiff Business School - Accounting and Finance Section
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Overconviction, Uncertainty, Active Share, Fund performance, Fund flows, Fund structure

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The Influence of Social Media Emotions Evidence from the Kodak Manic Episode

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Jul 2023
Iulia Cioroianu, Thomas Conlon, Shaen Corbet, Charles James Larkin, Les Oxley and Richard Taffler
University of Bath, University College Dublin, Dublin City University, Institute for Policy Research (IPR), University of Bath, University of Waikato and University of Warwick - Finance Group
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Emotional Sentiment, Social Media, Corporate Fraud, Announcements, Efficiency

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The Impact of Corporate Tax Avoidance on Analyst Coverage and Forecasts

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Forthcoming (with open access)
Posted: 05 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2019
Guanming He, Helen Ren and Richard Taffler
Durham University, University of Liverpool and University of Warwick - Finance Group

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Tax planning ‧ Financial opacity ‧ Analyst following ‧ Earnings forecasts

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Fund Manager Overconfidence and Investment Performance: Evidence from Mutual Funds

WBS Finance Group Research Paper No. 193
Posted: 15 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2020
Arman Eshraghi and Richard Taffler
Cardiff Business School and University of Warwick - Finance Group

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fund manager behaviour, overconfidence, mutual fund performance, investor psychology

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Do Corporate Insiders Trade on Future Stock Price Crash Risk?

Forthcoming at the Review of Quantitative Finance & Accounting
Posted: 05 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2020
Guanming He, Helen Ren and Richard Taffler
Durham University, University of Liverpool and University of Warwick - Finance Group

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insider selling; crash risk; financial constraints; information asymmetry; SOX